Megaupload data could be deleted starting Thursday
The story reports that the U.S. Attorney's Office sent a letter on Friday to Carpathia Hosting and Cogent Communications Group, which owns the servers that hosted the Megaupload service. The letter said those companies could start deleting data that used the service on Thursday. Megaupload was shut down earlier this month by US officials and several of its employees, including its founder Kim Dotcom, were arrested on online piracy charges.
The U.S. Attorney's Office's letter also said that the government has made copies of some of the data found on Megaupload's servers. However, none of the servers were physically taken from their hosting locations.
Megaupload's attorney Ira Rothken says that he is trying to keep that data from being deleted from the servers. Not only could 50 million Megaupload users be affected, but Rothken says that those files could be helpful in Megaupload's defense against the online piracy charges. He added, "We're cautiously optimistic at this point that because the United States, as well as Megaupload, should have a common desire to protect consumers, that this type of agreement will get done."
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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/megaupload-data-could-be-deleted-starting-thursday
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ZirtexPosted:
That's just dumb. Stupid government trying to control everything. Is there any sites like Megaupload besides Mediafire that are good?
3OH3Posted:
This is so wrong.... Most of the data is legit and they're going to delete it?
Expect law suits....
Expect law suits....
LBJPosted:
Wow, there was so many useful files on Megaupload and now they are just going to be deleted! That is the worst thing that they could of done!
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